Nun vs. None — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nun and None
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Nun
A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. Communities of nuns exist in numerous religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, and Taoism.
None
Not at all
He is none too ill.
Nun
A member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
None
In no way
The jeans looked none the better for having been washed.
Nun
Any of a number of birds whose plumage resembles a nun's habit, especially an Asian mannikin.
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None
Not any of a given number or group.
None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
None of this meat tastes right.
Nun
A woman who belongs to a religious order or congregation devoted to active service or meditation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
None
No one, nobody.
None of those people is my father.
Nun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
None
No person.
None of those people are my parents.
Nun
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, those living together in a cloister.
None
Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h):
Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
Nun
(by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
A Buddhist nun
None
To no extent, in no way.
I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
Nun
A prostitute.
None
Not at all, not very.
He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
We could hear none too well from the back.
Nun
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
None
(obsolete) No, not.
Nun
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
None
(chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.
Nun
A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
They holy time is quiet as a nunBreathless with adoration.
None
: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christian) the religious service appointed to this hour.
Nun
A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
None
(obsolete) midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.
Nun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
None
No one; not one; not anything; - frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
There is none that doeth good; no, not one.
Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Terms of peace yet noneVouchsafed or sought.
None of their productions are extant.
Nun
The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
None
No; not any; - used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
Nun
A woman religious
None
Same as Nones, 2.
Nun
A buoy resembling a cone
None
A canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
Nun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
None
A service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
None
Not any;
Thou shalt have none other gods before me
None
Not at all or in no way;
Seemed none too pleased with his dinner
Shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in
None too prosperous
The passage is none too clear
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